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We talk about Financial Freedom here on BiggerPockets all the time, and most members of this platform invest in BOTH real estate and stocks. I think that we haven't really spent enough time emphasizing just how bad th...
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Morning BP Family!We are at day 29, which would be 3 days past the drop from 219,9 to 209,9. Our agent should be contacting his list of guests that walked and other interested clients to obtain feedback from their wa...
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Currently I have a home in Alabama on a streamline va loan that I recently refinanced. It is a 15yr loan at 3.25% and the balance is 119k. The nearby comps indicate that I'm about even. I collect $765 a month after pm...
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First time vetting hard money lenders for a flip I have under contract but not closed yet. One potential lender has attractive terms (8%, 2 points, 100% financed, no prepay penalty), but on the phone he has very spott...
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Hi everyone, I’m a novice investor just getting started and it seems like short term EMD lending or “gator lending” is a great way to go. I have an investor looking to borrow 10k for an EMD in Austin, TX. Is there an...
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Do you know anybody who has successfully completed a judicial foreclosure lawsuit for an Alabama tax lien, under the new tax sales system? I'm trying to create a list of problems people have encountered along the way...
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I'm too young to have a heart attack but that's what I just went through dealing with NREIG. Long story short I'm getting a portfolio loan through LimaOneCapital and they have some pretty specific request when it com...
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Hello,
I'm new to BP and was just wanting to get some opinions.... Have any of you ever used auction.com to purchase foreclosures? I see postings from them it seems like everywhere and I just want to know...
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Perhaps this isn't the right place to ask this, but in the most innocent way possible I am curious as to how people who have quit their jobs in order to pursue investing as a full time gig make money. Basically anythi...
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I'm wondering if anyone would like to share a short cap of their story. Have any of you started Real Estate with no money or very little? Where are you now? What niche did you start in? I don't buy into all the hype v...